Tags: surface transportation

Just released from BTS: Surface trade with Canada, Mexico rose 15.7 percent

August 02, 2011

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, was 15.7 percent higher in May 2011 than in May 2010, ...

Celadon Group: ‘Congress, increase investments in highway infrastructure’

February 23, 2011

The United States needs to increase its investments in highway infrastructure, funding that can be obtained by raising the fuel tax, Celadon Group Inc. Chairman and CEO Steve Russell told ...

Mendez, Mica: ‘We’ll have a surface transportation bill by August recess’

February 08, 2011

by John Latta, Better Roads Editor-in-Chief ORLANDO--1st International Transportation Construction Management Conference Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) head Victor Mendez had at least positive notions today at the 1st International Transportation Construction Management ...

TRIP report released tomorrow on Arkansas surface transportation system

June 07, 2010

TRIP will release a new report that evaluates the current condition, use and funding of Arkansas' surface transportation system at a news conference in Little Rock tomorrow at 10 a.m. CDT. The ...

Kirk Landers: Changing tactics Part II

April 01, 2010

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Road industry analysts with insight into the political process have become increasingly dubious about achieving an adequate transportation bill in the political and economic climate that plagues Washington, DC today.

Federal Report Evaluates Condition & Performance of Nation’s Transportation System

February 08, 2010

Spending by all levels of government on the nation's highways and transit lines has increased substantially in recent years but steep increases in construction costs have eroded the purchasing power ...

FHWA chief offers some thoughts: Tell a better story

December 03, 2009

By John Latta, Better Roads Editor-in-Chief, Onsite at the American Concrete Pavement Association annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Maybe Victor Mendez, head of the Federal Highway Administration, reads my column. Or maybe ...

TRIP report: One-fourth of Wyoming’s roads substandard, state has high traffic fatality rate

December 03, 2009

Nearly one quarter of Wyoming’s major roads are in poor condition, with pavement deterioration projected to worsen significantly in the coming years under current funding levels, according to a new ...
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